flyingcuda Report post Posted January 30, 2014 hello all, i am working on a back rest for a motorcycle, it was fine up until i applied the linseed oil...and then voila!! spots spots spots everywhere! this is my very first attempt at doing seats, which unfortunately for me is not a nice easy shape to deal with...but that's for another category. my question is...should i continue with the dying, antiquing and finish, or should i cut my losses now and use a different piece of leather. customer is starting to get impatient and wants the seat yesterday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TXAG Report post Posted January 30, 2014 customer is starting to get impatient and wants the seat yesterday I don't have a fix for your spots (though there are a LOT of posts already on here about that which you can locate by searching)...but you ought to tack on a PITA fee to that customer before releasing the seat to them. When my customers nag me about custom items, I put them at the back of the line behind all other projects I'm trying to finish. I warn them about that ahead of time, but they still do it for some reason... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingcuda Report post Posted January 30, 2014 i did do a search and it gave me a lot on dye spots, hardware spots and so on but after 2 hours of looking, i thought i would just ask PITA fee sounds like an awesome idea Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TXAG Report post Posted January 30, 2014 Might look at these... http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=52533 http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=51631 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Blea Report post Posted January 30, 2014 How long after oiling did you take that picture? It takes a while for oil to even out in the leather, though I don't think that is your problem here. It looks more like something was splattered on the leather. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingcuda Report post Posted January 30, 2014 i actually used neatsfoot oil, not linseed :s i don't believe it is mold or mildew, i purchased it from tandy last week. a few faint spots showed up when i cased it, then went away during the carving and tooling. i took the picture about 6 hours after i oiled it. still have the dark spots on it now... aprox 27 hours later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted January 31, 2014 Try bleaching the leather with oxalic acid. Could try a deglazer if oxalic acid doesn't work. Search threads here for more info on using oxalic acid to bleach the leather. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingcuda Report post Posted January 31, 2014 it's actually indents in the leather, i thought they may have had something splattered on it. i will re do all that i have done so far and not do the oiling part first i guess thank you all for taking the time to try to help me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted February 1, 2014 Take a real good look at the leather before you start doing anything with it. Kind of looks like fly bites. Hard to tell from the small photo. Someone else quite some time ago placed paper towels or something like it one the leather and then a weight to flatten the leather out. It left some strange markings. Take a look at how you have stored the leather while it is wet (cased). It is very sensitive to being marked accidentally. Sometimes even wristwatch, cuffs with snaps or buttons while you are tooling. This doesn't look like that to me, but check how you are handling it. Tom Edit: I guess another thing could be hard spots in the leather. They won't react the same as the rest so may not absorb the oil and leave "dimples". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
